South Hadley parents angry over the death of a high school freshman, apparently after cyberbullying by other students at the school, are asking whether the school district superintendent should be lose his job.

Phoebe Price, 15, hanged herself earlier in January after being bullied by other girls at the school.

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Now, parents are pushing for answers on how superintendent, Gus Sayer, will punish the bullies.

At a school meeting last week, outraged parents took school officials to task, saying they have not done enough to prevent bullying.

"Not only have you not been successful ...you have failed. And until somebody admits that there has been failure here, complete failure, we have nowhere to go," one father said.

"Kids that are found to be bullying need to be out of the school for awhile. They can't stay here and go to school here and continue to bully," a mother said.

The parents said if Sayer doesn't have a game plan, they want him out.

Some 250 people plan to make their voices heard at the town's Board of Selectman meeting Tuesday night.

The board of selectman, however, can't fire the superintendent. That's up to the school committee.